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'Cult Cinema: An Arrow Video Companion' Coming In March

One of the bell weather moments of any young horror fans life is when they discover that horror anthology book that fills their head with visions of all kinds of left of the mainstream films from various corners of the celluloid nether sphere. Now our good friends are at Arrow Video USA, one of the leaders in reviving some of our favorite cult films, are putting out the ultimate literary companion to their vast array of films. With a forward by writer/director Ben Wheatley (Kill List, A Field In England), "Cult Cinema: An Arrow Video Companion" will be released March the 29th via MVD Entertainment. Join us in our laziness as we judiciously copy and paste from the press release and be sure to pre-order the book HERE or at Amazon.

"From the classic to the obscure, the Arrow Video collection encompasses all styles and genres: horror films and Westerns, science fiction and sex comedies, yakuza epics and neo-noirs, the subversive, the transgressive and the unclassifiable. This hardback volume brings together 25 of the world's leading genre experts and critics to guide you through the multi-faceted beast that is cult cinema.

Exploring the stars, the filmmakers and the trends, Cult Cinema: An Arrow Video Companionapproaches its subject from five angles. Each section is devoted to a different facet of cult filmmaking - the opening chapter features seven essays devoted to key cult movies, and is followed by those on directors, actors, genres (and sub-genres), and finally distribution, which examines how different methods of seeing a film, from travelling shows to DVDs, has allowed cult films and their audiences to flourish.

The aim is not to provide a definitive guide to cult cinema but rather, as the subtitle proclaims, a companion. Cult movies means many things to many people - Ben Wheatley's introduction touches on the manner in which he discovered the underbelly of cinema, but it won't be shared by everyone, of course - and everyone will have their own favorites.

Consider this book as a look at cult cinema through the lens of Arrow Video, a pretty broad view: Tinto Brass, Joe Dante, science fiction, super 8, Suzuki Seijun, Boris Karloff, Battle Royale, horror all-nighters, video nasties and much more besides. Something familiar, something fresh, something that might just introduce you to a whole new world of filmmaking and its enthusiastic fandom.